AFX UK at a glance share guide - 2

MARKETS
FTSE 100 4,864.9 up 15.6
FTSE 250 7,016.8 up 3.9
DJIA 10,242.50 up 84.80
Nasdaq Comp 1,950.78 up 18.59
S&P 500 1,162.10 up 10.00
Tokyo: Nikkei midday 11,046.88 down 26.89
Hang Seng midday 13,902.36 up 152.13
Gold 433.40 usd (435.30 usd)
Oil - Brent Jun (54.97 usd)

BREAKING NEWS
* Brown is firm on five tests for euro entry; signal that Labour would not sign up in third term - FT
* ALLIED DOMECQ shares rise as US rivals consider countering 7.5 bln stg Pernod offer - FT
* Asda eyes SOMERFIELD bid as it looks to gain market share - FT
* BARCLAYS prepared to walk away from 2.7 bln stg Absa offer - FT
* Heron International issues threat to withdraw CREST NICHOLSON offer unless it gains more information on the housebuilder
* Takeover Panel reprimands TEATHER & GREENWOOD for QXL RICARDO dealings
* WHITBREAD to sell Maredo steak arm
* RENOVO, a UK biotech company developing drugs to keep people free from scars after accidents or surgery, looking to float on the London Stock Exchange with a 200 mln stg price-tag - Express
* EDINBURGH OIL & GAS receives a joint takeover approach from Oranje-Nassau and Dyas UK
* GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP wil not sell its radio stations for under 150 mln stg - Times

PRESS COMMENT
FT
THE LEX COLUMN comments on BARCLAYS (it should leave Absa's shareholders in no doubt that if the shenanigans continue it is prepared to walk away), Renminbi, Consumer goods, Auna
Express
CENTRICA (price-hike fears) - SHARE WHISPER: EMBLAZE SYSTEMS (speculation it has secured a major handset order) - WHO'S DEALING: DOMINO'S PIZZA (chairman sells 1 mln shares at 275 pence)
Independent
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: WPP (well worth holding), HARVEY NASH (avoid), YOUGOV (high enough)
Times
SAVILLS (US investor Trammell Crow raises stake) - TEMPUS: SOMERFIELD (it would be wise for investors to capitalise now on the gains they have made), STAGECOACH (hold), EDINBURGH OIL & GAS (lock in at least some of those profits)
Telegraph
REUTERS (hold), BRITISH ENERGY (those with the stomach for a long, bumpy ride may want to get on now), DOMINO'S PIZZA (hold)
Mail
CARPETRIGHT (speculation that today's trading update will contain not only a full-year profit warning but news of significant staff redundancies in the group's floor coverings division)

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Morning all.

Morning all

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